Industry Note:
Provider Lays Off Staff Due To Sequestration
Published on Fri May 10, 2013
The sequestration cuts are hitting providers where it hurts. Hospice of the Bluegrass in Lexington, Ky., is laying off 16 workers due in part to the reductions, reports the Lexington Herald-Leader. Eighty-five percent of the hospice’s funding comes from Medicare, it told the newspaper. Shortening length of stay also contributed to the move, the hospice says. The agency has 374 [...]